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| Jewish inmates suing to get kosher meals |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 07/19/2004 |
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Three prison inmates who practice Orthodox Judaism want the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to pay for them to eat kosher meals. The inmates say DOC is violating the First Amendment by not letting them practice their chosen religion. In federal court last week, DOC attorneys argued that serving the kosher meals would cost millions of dollars, might violate the First Amendment's establishment-of-religion clause and could even cause riots. The inmates are incarcerated at Joseph Harp Correctional Center near Lexington. Jon Andrew Cottriel, Jerry Harmon, and Dennis Earl Fulbright are all sex offenders. They say they're forced to pay for kosher meals without knowing for sure if it's kosher. |
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